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By Barack Obama and David Cameron Monday, 12 March 2012 THE WASHINGTON POST WASHINGTON— Seven decades ago, as our forces began to turn the tide of World War II, Prime Minister Winston Churchill traveled to Washington to coordinate our joint efforts. Our victories on the battlefield proved “what can be achieved by British and Americans […]

By Kati Suomenin Tuesday, 22 November 2011 GERMAN MARSHAL FUND WASHINGTON—The European Commission’s economic proposals to be unveiled on Wednesday will include a call for the Eurozone nations to pool their representation at the board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) into a single seat. Designed to boost the currency bloc’s clout at a time […]

AP Board Member Dan Yergin has just released a new book, The Quest: Energy, Security and the Remaking of the Modern World, which has received rave reviews (see below). Read an excerpt from The Quest: Energy, Security and the Remaking of the Modern World Buy The Quest: Energy, Security and the Remaking of the Modern World (Penguin Press; […]

By Joseph Stiglitz Monday, 3 October 2011 BBC NEWS Most economists thought that when the euro was put together, it was an incomplete task. They’d taken out too many adjustment mechanisms and had not put anything in its place. One of the things that makes the American common currency work across the country is we […]

By David Bosco Thursday, 18 August 2011 FOREIGN POLICY George Will has a gloomy column on NATO in today’s Washington Post that mostly mirrors former Defense Secretary Robert Gates’ parting shot: Europeans don’t spend enough on their militaries for the alliance to be worth America’s while: Read More